Chapter 158 - Imagination Or Reality

Emily opened the door only to find no one there. A frown appeared on her face as her eyes hurriedly looked around the hallway but finding it completely empty.

She was about to close the door when her gaze landed on the paper bag that was hanging on the handle of the door.

Her frown deepened as she picked the bag and returned to the kitchen. Both her hands and eyes were busy finding out exactly what was hiding inside that paper bag.

"Who was it?" Shadow asked as he continued to chop some onions. He looked like a professional chef at that moment with years of experience in the kitchen...and also....he looked like very handsome while cooking. 

"No one. But I found a bag with this inside it." Emily replied as she took out a golden envelope from inside the bag.

Shadow quickly passed a look in her direction to see exactly what she had found inside the bag before he once again resumed his cooking.

"What is it?" He asked as he added the ingredients for the chicken soup in the pot.

Emily did not respond immediately as she was busy finding out the answer herself. She opened the envelope and took out the golden and black invitation card that was inside it.

"It's an invitation card to the twenty-seventh anniversary of SA." She told him as she read the information that was written on the card.

Since her entire focus was on reading the card, she completely missed the sudden twitch that appeared on Shadow's lips.

"Why don't you take the garbage out?" He suddenly suggested out of nowhere while his focus was still on his soup.

Emily turned her face to stare at him for a few seconds in pure surprise before she just shook her head and stood up to do as she was told.

"What's up with you now?" She muttered under her breath as she picked up the bag of garbage, knowing fully well that he could hear her.

"I'm just helping you. No need to thank me." Shadow replied as he finally moved away from his soup to collect a bottle of orange juice from the fridge.

Emily scoffed as she moved into the living room and then left the apartment and headed downstairs.

It barely took her a few minutes before she was opening the lid of the huge dustbin box placed next to the driveway as she dumped the bag of garbage inside it.

"Need some help?" 

The familiar voice that came from behind her made her stop in her tracks as her body came to a standstill.

She felt her heart racing way too faster to be normal as the familiar scent of Kaiden Sullivan entered her system.

The familiar electric tingles started running through her body as she felt the hair on her nape standing as the man walked closer to her.

She wanted to turn around and finally look at him after so many years but at the same time, her body was frozen in its place, stopping her from moving at all.

It was like her heart stopped beating for a few seconds as he finally reached her. She could feel the warmth that his body was resonating as he stood directly behind her.

A shiver ran over her body as his warm breath touched the bare skin of her right shoulder.

"Welcome back, angel."

Kaiden softly whispered into her ear, making her bite her lower lip to stop herself from reacting to his closeness.

"You are full of surprises, sweetheart. Both Dom and I have full confidence that the Alessandro mansion would be the first place that you will visit after returning....."

He stopped to chuckle softly as she felt him shaking his head slightly before he continued.

"....but neither of us would have thought that the first place you will visit after returning to the City would be a bakery. Not only that but you also ended up renting an apartment here rather than returning to your home. Very well done!"

Emily could easily tell that rather than praising her, he was actually questioning her decisions.

She closed her eyes for a mere second to take in a deep breath before she asked, "What are you doing here?" 

She felt him closing the small distance between their bodies which made her back almost hit his front.

Emily almost let out a gasp when she felt his fingers very softly grazing the skin of her left wrist.

"Since you refused to visit me, I'm here to see you myself. I don't think I would have been able to fall asleep tonight if I've not seen you even for once. At least, now I'll be able to sleep soundly tonight." Kaiden answered as he ran his fingers up and down her arm in small circles.

Emily could barely speak as both her mind and body were distracted by his fingers that were running over her arm, making something foreign wake up inside her which was keenly looking forward to getting his attention.

"Does it feel good?" Kaiden asked her softly as his other hand moved to circle her waist and rest on her belly, right below the hem of her night top which was more like a crop top.

Though his fingers did not move over the bare skin of her belly, it did not help at all in silencing the weird feelings inside her that were ready to burst out of her.

She did not even realize that her breathing was coming out in short gasps as she struggled to control the reactions of her body to his touch.

"Kaiden..."

His name slipped through her lips making him close his eyes tightly as he tried his very best to not give in to his needy and desperate spirit that was too happy to finally reunite with its other half and at the same time was filled with anger as it could still feel the distance between them.

"Yes, angel...?" Kaiden asked as he brought his lips next to her ear and placed a soft feathery kiss on the tip of her ear, making her shiver at the contact.

"I can hardly wait. But I'll wait for you, sweetheart." Kaiden spoke these words into her ear before placing another kiss on her temple.

Before Emily to comprehend the meaning behind his words, she suddenly found herself standing there alone under the night sky which was filled with millions of stars and a bright moon.

She immediately turned around to look for him but no matter how hard her eyes tried to find him, there was no one present there other than her.

A sigh escaped her lips as she suddenly started feeling lonely and cold, completely opposite to the feelings that she was feeling just a few minutes prior.

Her eyes once again ran all around her surroundings but she was already aware that he was no longer there. If not for the fact that she could still feel the warmth and to goes of his touches, she would have regarded this incident as her imagination. 

But she knew pretty well whether he was her imagination or reality.

***

Sullivan Enterprise...

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"Master, this came for you." Secretary Kim notified Kaiden as soon as he entered his boss' cabin with a huge bouquet of fresh red roses in his hands.

Kaiden looked up from his laptop to spare a glance at his Secretary, only to freeze as his eyes landed on the bouquet.

A cold aura surrounded him immediately as he glared at his Secretary as he spoke, "Secretary Kim, even after years of your experience in your job you still succeeded in failing very poorly. Do I have to remind you that I don't want any such kind of thing inside my company and especially inside my office? No matter whoever has sent this, just throw it out!" 

There was no trace of warmth left on his face as he immediately returned his attention to his work.

Ge did not voice out the part where Mr. Kim needed to get punished for failing in his job and that's because he did not need to.

"Are you sure Master? You are not going to take even a single look at these fresh and fragrant roses?" Mr. Kim asked bravely as he stood in front of his master's desk.

Kaiden slapped the table in anger as he glared at his Secretary with a killing aura. 

"Ate you that much fed up with your Immortal life?" He asked his Secretary who immediately stepped back a little as the man could clearly see his early death in his Master's cold eyes. 

"Alright! I must follow your orders. If you want me to throw these beautiful flowers away, then I'll do exactly that. I just hope that Miss Alessandro would forgive me for being so brutal with the flowers that she delivered for you this early in the morning." 

Secretary Kim said in a deep sad voice as he slowly moved towards the door.

"WAIT....!"